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Mid-City Park

Mid-City Park from directly overhead

Mid-City Park is a park in Iowa, at a modelled elevation of 361 m. Cottonwood Hill stands 468 m to the west, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Shepard’s Garden, a park 0.3 miles away. Loess Hills Scenic Byway passes 0.8 miles off. 5 named summits stand within 25 miles.

How to reach it

Coordinates42.49920, -96.39794

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Shepard’s Garden: 0.3 mi
  • Alfred C. Thomson Children's Park: 0.5 mi
  • Pearl Street Park: 0.5 mi
  • Dale Street Park: 0.5 mi
  • Rose Hill Neighborhood Park: 0.7 mi
Historic sites: 21
  • Public Safety Memorial: 0.5 mi
  • Sky Art: 0.7 mi
  • Hard Rock Guitar: 0.7 mi
  • Siouxland Veteran Memorial Bridge Plaque: 0.9 mi
  • Flight 232 Memorial: 0.9 mi
Museums: 15
Peaks: 5
Artworks: 4
  • This Is Sioux CIty: 0.3 mi
  • Abraham Lincoln Statue: 1.2 mi
  • Towers of Time: 17.2 mi
  • Harp: 22.5 mi
Ghost towns: 4
Attractions: 3
  • Old Town: 17.1 mi
  • Train: 17.1 mi
  • Kiddie Barn: 24.0 mi
Gardens: 2
Cliffs: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Mid-City Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Cottonwood HillW 266°468 m24.0 mi
Boy Scout HillWNW 299°430 m24.0 mi
Indian HillWNW 300°426 m24.5 mi
Lookout HillWNW 294°411 m17.4 mi
Dakota PointNW 315°394 m5.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3019:0119:38
June solstice05:4920:2421:07
September equinox07:1418:4819:25
December solstice07:5316:1116:56

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F192436485970757264513624
Precip in0.70.91.63.14.54.63.43.93.02.41.41.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Sioux City ANG, 7 mi away.

  • American Robin8 obs
  • Northern Cardinal7 obs
  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail7 obs
  • white snakeroot7 obs
  • common milkweed6 obs
  • musk thistle6 obs
  • American Goldfinch6 obs
  • House Finch6 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/228098678

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